Several Bizkaibus buses from the Left Bank and Mining Zone sabotaged

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Several buses from bizkaibus that were parked in the driveway Trápaga Valley car park (Bizkaia) have woken up with punctured tires and paint on the windows, as reported by the Basque Government Security Department to EITB Media. According to the works council, the units affected would be about three quarters of the fleet, around 80-90 busesso it is foreseeable that the usual service of the winning bidder Ezkerraldea Meatzaldea Bus (EMB), which offers service in the Left Bank and Mining Zonebe affected.

In statements to Radio Euskadi, the president of the committee —made up of CC. OO., UGT and ELA—Juan Carlos González, has condemned the sabotage and has assured that at the moment the authorship is unknown. “It could well be a user, who, tired of more than a month of mobilizations, has lost patience,” he added.

González has criticized the “inactivity and inactivity” of the operator, who did not get “an important reading” from yesterday’s strike, when the workers came to collapse the Bilbao entrances.

This sabotage occurs one day after the 24-hour strike by the staff of the operator Ezkerraldea Meatzaldea Bus (EMB), which had 100% follow-up, according to union sources. The works council called for a strike after the blockage in the negotiation of the agreement collective. In addition, there is another strike called for next December 21, the holiday of St Thomasin addition to partial strikes of four hours on the 13th, 15th and 19th of the same month.

This is not the first time that Bizkaibus buses have been affected by sabotage, it already happened on November 8, when 12 EMB company buses appeared with graffiti.